Healthier Pumpkin Bread
Description
Replacing some of the fat with applesauce cuts the calories a bit in this pumpkin recipe that keeps all its flavor.
Ingredients
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3 cups white sugar
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1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
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4 eggs, beaten
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2/3 cup water
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1/2 cup applesauce
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1/2 cup vegetable oil
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons baking soda
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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3/4 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
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1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
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1 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 large bread pans.
2
Beat sugar, pumpkin, eggs, water, applesauce, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a large mixing bowl.
3
Whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, and ginger together in a separate bowl; stir into the pumpkin mixture until just combined. Fold walnuts into the resulting batter; pour into prepared bread pans.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap tightly in aluminum foil to store.